Carpetae Quotes & Sayings

Most teachers are not enlightened. Very few are. That doesn't mean they are not great teachers. — Frederick Lenz

Radio is the playground of coincidence. — Sarah Vowell

It must be an independent House, having a free action of its own, for it is only valuable as being a regulating body, calmly considering the legislation initiated by the popular branch, and preventing any hasty or ill considered legislation which may come from that body, but it will never set itself in opposition against the deliberate and understood wishes of the people. — John A. Macdonald

Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully to the right and to the left. — Jean Kerr

I am moved by the spirit of Angolans and the work UNICEF is doing, but I am saddened by the hardships I have seen, and the fact that a little flexing of financial muscle from rich countries could do so much. — Alyssa Milano

Individuals, too, who cultivate a variety of skills seem brighter, more energetic and more adaptable than those who know how to do one thing only. — Robert Shea

Green leaves on a dead tree is our epitaph-green leaves, dear reader, on a dead tree. — Cyril Connolly

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time. — Marian Wright Edelman

I'll sleep long and hard when I'm dead. You defy death by celebrating life." It — Grace Draven

The Federal Department of Odds and Ends: sweepus underum carpetae. — Shaun Tan

Its just as disappointing as it was thrilling to win the Masters. To come very close, to play so hard for 72 holes and play better than everybody but one guy is disappointing. — Phil Mickelson

No one looks at a television, and no one hears it. It's a poison. — James Purdy

Ordain'd by thee, and this delicious place For us too large, where thy abundance wants Partakers, and uncropt falls to the ground. But thou hast promis'd from us two a Race To fill the Earth, who shall with us extoll Thy goodness infinite, both — John Milton